Barbara Paul Robinson Esq.

Background

Mr. Barbara Paul Robinson has been a Partner of Debevoise & Plimpton since 1976. Ms. Robinson joined Debevoise & Plimpton in 1966. Her practice includes representation of the private banking division of a major bank, along with several major private foundations and several large universities. She oversees tax planning for individual clients, and establishes various investment vehicles for private investors, such as partnerships and closely-held corporations. In addition ... to serving as President of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, which has a membership of over 21,000 lawyers, Ms. Robinson has held many other positions with the City Bar, including, among others, Vice President (1990-1991); Chair of the Executive Committee (1989-1990, member 1986-1991); Chair of the Committee on Honors (1993- ); and Chair of the Nominating Committee (1984-1985). Ms. Robinson is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Child Development, a Trustee of the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation and serves on the Board of Directors of the American Arbitration Association, National Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and The Fund for Modern Courts. she serves as a Honorary Director of Catalyst, Inc. She is the first woman partner at Debevoise & Plimpton where she serves as a Member its Trusts and Estates Department. In addition, Ms. Robinson served as a Member of the Yale University Council, and from 1987-1993, served as President of the Yale Law School Association of New York. Ms. Robinson is also a member of the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association and serves on the Advisory Committee to the Practising Law Institute. She served as President of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the first woman to serve in this capacity in the Association's 125-year history. Ms. Robinson is a Fellow of the New York Bar Foundation, the American Bar Foundation and the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel. Ms. Robinson serves as a Trustee at Bryn Mawr College. Ms. Robinson was awarded the Laura Parsons Pratt Award by the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, and in March of 1995 was named as one of "The Best Lawyers in New York" by New York Magazine. In 1967, Ms. Robinson pioneered the D & P flex-time program for child-rearing attorneys, one of the first of its kind in New York City. She received her A.B. magna cum laude with honors from Bryn Mawr College in 1962 and her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1965, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and Editor of the Yale Law Journal.

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